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A Newspaper Advertisement From Late 19th Century Of An 18 Year Old Man Looking For A Wife

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A Newspaper Advertisement From Late 19th Century Of An 18 Year Old Man Looking For A Wife

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A newspaper ad from 1865 of an 18 year old man looking for a wife

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A newspaper ad from 1865 of an 18 year old man looking for a wife

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Menuki in the form of a shishi, Japan late 18th–early 19th century.

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Menuki in the form of a shishi, Japan late 18th–early 19th century.

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Carving of a wasp nest with larvae. Japan, 19th century

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Carving of a wasp nest with larvae. Japan, 19th century

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Fragment of a paper playing card from Egypt, c. 13th-14th century CE.

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Fragment of a paper playing card from Egypt, c. 13th-14th century CE.

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A late 19th century CE netsuke of a meditating skeleton, made of silver set in stag antler. Meiji period, from Japan, now housed at the British Museum

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A late 19th century CE netsuke of a meditating skeleton, made of silver set in stag antler. Meiji period, from Japan, now housed at the British Museum

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Drawings created by a 7-year-old boy named Onfim from 13th-century Russia.

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Drawings created by a 7-year-old boy named Onfim from 13th-century Russia.

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Mid-19th century Nihang Sikh dastar from Lahore. Cotton over a wicker frame and steel overlaid with gold Chakram .

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Mid-19th century Nihang Sikh dastar from Lahore. Cotton over a wicker frame and steel overlaid with gold Chakram .

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Model of a mermaid, made from fish parts and papier-mâché. Japan, 19th century

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Model of a mermaid, made from fish parts and papier-mâché. Japan, 19th century

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A Late 12th Century Cutting from a Missal with a depiction of the Crucifixion, Germany or Austria

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A Late 12th Century Cutting from a Missal with a depiction of the Crucifixion, Germany or Austria

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Knife disguised as a folding fan. Japan, 19th century

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Knife disguised as a folding fan. Japan, 19th century

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“From the unholy organist, a hymn of hate” Time’s 1938 Man of the Year cover for Adolf Hitler

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“From the unholy organist, a hymn of hate” Time’s 1938 Man of the Year cover for Adolf Hitler

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19th Century German Lidded Beer Stein Made from Ivory and Silver.

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19th Century German Lidded Beer Stein Made from Ivory and Silver.

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Nubian Crown from Ballana, Fourth Century A.D. Interesting mix of late antique and ancient Egyptian styles.

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Nubian Crown from Ballana, Fourth Century A.D. Interesting mix of late antique and ancient Egyptian styles.

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18th century heart-shaped gold locket with a lock of marie antoinette's hair

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18th century heart-shaped gold locket with a lock of marie antoinette's hair

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Agate cameo of an African woman from the Milan workshop of Girolamo Miseroni, late 16th century

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Agate cameo of an African woman from the Milan workshop of Girolamo Miseroni, late 16th century

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A Roman window grill from a villa in Dorset , dating to the late 3rd or 4th century AD

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A Roman window grill from a villa in Dorset , dating to the late 3rd or 4th century AD

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An old photo of a man wearing a 13th century CE necklace made from moa bone, and discovered at the Māori archaeological site of Wairau Bar in New Zealand

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An old photo of a man wearing a 13th century CE necklace made from moa bone, and discovered at the Māori archaeological site of Wairau Bar in New Zealand

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Shirt of mail and plate. India, 19th century

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Shirt of mail and plate. India, 19th century

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"Flowering Cherry and Autumn Maple with Poem Slips", a six-panel folding screen made of ink, color, gold, and silver on paper. From Japan, mid- 17th century CE

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"Flowering Cherry and Autumn Maple with Poem Slips", a six-panel folding screen made of ink, color, gold, and silver on paper. From Japan, mid- 17th century CE

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